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MEYER WERFT once again invests in a future project at the Papenburg shipyard. Due to the continually increasing number of employees and the very good order situation of the shipyard, the decision has now been taken to build a new technology and development centre.

The large order book of the Papenburger Meyer Werft, the thus associated challenges and the high demands regarding product development of the different cruise ships, require changes to the working processes of the shipyard. For this reason, in the course of numerous events hosted in the city hall of the forum Alte Werft, the executives of Meyer Werft talked about how best to deal with these topics in order to safeguard the competitiveness of Meyer Werft.

Papenburg has meanwhile become the largest shipbuilding location in Europe, while Neptun Werft in Warnemünde is the largest supplier of river cruise craft. We will now be opening an office in Luxemburg this autumn, which will control central purchasing for Papenburg, Rostock and Turku. The main aim is to emphasise our international ori-entation, to enable us to prevail in the murderously competitive world market. This is not a tax-saving measure; our taxes will continue to be paid in Papenburg, Rostock and Turku, just as before.

The four new cruise ships – part of a previously announced nine-ship strategic partnership for the world's largest cruise company – will be the largest ever built based on guest capacity The vessels will feature a revolutionary “green cruising” design as the first-ever cruise ships powered at sea by Liquefied Natural Gas, the world’s cleanest burning fossil fuel

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (USA) and Meyer Werft today agreed to build a fourth Quantum-class ship for delivery in spring 2019. This agreement is subject to financing and the final signing of a contract.

On 20 April, Meyer Werft held its first 'Education Evening' for school pupils. It was already clear from the number of registrations received that the level of interest would be high. Indeed, some 300 girls and boys from the 8th grade upwards took up the offer to visit the shipyard

The Meyer family, operating the shipbuilding company Meyer Werft in Germany, and the Finnish State acquired Turku shipyard from STX Europe in September 2014. Meyer Werft took up 70 percent of the shares, and the State of Finland purchased 30 percent of the share capital through the Finnish Industry Investment Ltd (FII).

Leading shipbuilders Fincantieri and Meyer Werft to each build next-generation cruise ships for Carnival Corporation through two separate, long-term partnerships Groundbreaking new ship design will be the most efficient in company history and will further accelerate efforts to deliver an unparalleled cruising experience to millions of guests

A very special anniversary was celebrated today, with a festive ceremony in the municipal hall in Forum Alte Werft, the former location of Meyer Werft: the Meyer Werft works council celebrated its 90th anniversary in the presence of the German Minister for Economic Affairs, the Vice-Chancellor and SPD chairman, Sigmar Gabriel.

The Anthem of the Seas reached the Dutch port of Eemshaven this Wednesday. The new cruise vessel successfully negotiated the Ems passage, in a manner that can be summed up as slowly but steadily. The ship is scheduled to remain in Eemshaven until tomorrow. It will then undergo sea trials, before entering port at Bremerhaven.

The first block of the new cruise ship Ovation of the Seas was lifted into the building dock at MEYER WERFT in Papenburg. Adam Goldstein, CEO of Royal Caribbean International, put down the lucky penny in the dock before the block of the new ship was lowered by the 800-ts crane.

With the award of “Partner des jahres 2014”, MEYER WERFT pays tribute to its partners who have excelled themselves by virtue of their outstanding achievements in the last year. The ceremonial event, which was held this year for the ninth time, took place at the town hall Papenburg.

The latest cruise ship under construction - Anthem of the Seas - will leave building dock II of Meyer Werft shipyard in Northwestern Germany on Saturday, 21. Februar 2015. The 168.600-gt cruise ship Anthem of the Seas, one of the largest cruise ship in the world, is schedule to leave the shipyards covered building dock II early morning around 07.00 am. The ship is built for US cruise operator Royal Caribbean International.

As part of a ceremony, the MEYER WERFT managing partners Bernard Meyer and Lambert Kruse now presented the graduates with their certificates and congratulated the young professionals on their success, wishing them all the best for their future as professionals.